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Oyster Overview

What is Oyster?

Global employment is complex, with many moving parts and high stakes. Managing multiple EORs, payroll providers, and country-specific vendors can quickly become overwhelming. Avoid hassles and headaches by partnering with Oyster’s specialized global employment solution. With built-in bulletproof compliance, comprehensive local HR knowledge, and trusted expert support across 180+ countries, Oyster streamlines your processes so you can efficiently expand your global team. Save time, reduce costs, and scale confidently with a partner that simplifies the process.

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Product Description

Oyster takes care of all the challenging parts of hiring, paying, and caring for your team. Hire global talent from 180+ countries in days, handle multi-country payroll and benefits with ease, and manage expenses, time off, and more. Get country-level guidance at every stage—from onboarding to exit to remain fast, compliant, and competitive. Offer an attractive employment package, competitive benefits, relocation services, free courses, and more. Meet local requirements with compliance built into the platform, set up roles and permissions within your team to reduce risk, and be the ultimate owner of all your IP and data—always.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Oyster is a specialized Global Employment & Intelligence Solution that consolidates all global employment needs in one place:
- EOR
- Global Contractors
- Global Payroll
- Compensation Intelligence


Seller Details
Seller
Oyster
Company Website
Year Founded
2020
HQ Location
San Francisco , US
Twitter
@heyoyster
1,900 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
648 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Our mission is to create a more equal world by making it possible for companies everywhere to hire people anywhere. We believe it should be easy for any company to hire any person, no matter where they are located in the world.


Mathilde  D.
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Recent Oyster Reviews

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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Good platform"
Oyster is very user-friendly and I have found their customer support team to be competent and responsive.
Verified User
U
Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Slow payments"
I like that Oyster allows me to be paid outside of my country of residence.
Verified User
U
Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Good so far"
idk what to say, I get my salary on time
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Oyster Demo - Oyster Dashboard
Your team, on display, every single time. Manage your company as it grows and effectively hire, pay, and care for your team from one dashboard.
Oyster Demo - Automated Global Hiring
Oyster is the only global employment platform that offers automated global hiring, making the process to bring on talent 4x faster than other manual solutions.
Oyster Demo - Global Payroll
Finally—a streamlined solution to pay your Team Members around the world. Manage payroll, generate reports, and deliver compliant, on-time international payments all in one platform.
Oyster Demo - Tools and Resources
Navigate global hiring and manage your distributed team with this growing set of free tools, like our Global Employment Cost Calculator and Employee Misclassification Analyzer.
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Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
UP
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: In-app
What do you like best about Oyster?

The best part about Oyster is the service in itself - it intermediates and offers solutions for international employment, that otherwise would not be possible in the case of employers outside your country of residence. Great suggestion for health benefits offering/ international insurance. The app is pretty simple and straight-forward to use for your emplyment details at a glance. I also appreciate the reminders for various tasks, which otherwise may be easy to lose sight off, and the quick resolution of tickets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

There is some duplication of effort when it comes to tracking work timesheets, time off, other leave etc on top of those done in the empoyer's systems . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

It offered the opportunity and facilitated the contractual/ HR/ financial management services for an international job that otherwise would have not been available to me in my country of residence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yuliana K.
YK
Global People Operations Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Oyster?

People: account managers, customer support - supportive, fast, positive, enthusiastic, accepting feedback and working on it, great cooperation with the client.

System: user friendly and nice looking) lots of usefull and important information (fantastic knowledge base), great new services/features.

Processess: clear and transperent, flexible

Values. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

No idea. Guys, I know this field is mandatory, but there is nothing from my side. If during a year I had some propositions about how to allign the processess - it was always taken. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

Complient hiring around the world, visa-support, knowledge base Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: In-app
What do you like best about Oyster?

I loved the fact that when we were demo'ing with Oyster they took time to really understand our situation, and give us a recommendation that was going to set us up for long-term compliance. Also our first contact has been so friendly and responsive that we knew we would be in good hands, and were going to receive a people focused expereince throughout our time with Oyster, as a partner with our company and team members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

I created an account to see resources, and more - but had to get started as the company, even though I would be the employee being switched over. This delayed our ability to get me onboarded while accounts got reset and was a bit frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have a small team - but a very distributed work force. At the moment that means high risk for compliance, and extra steps for payroll, as well as limiting who we can join our team and where Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Online Media
UO
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Oyster?

I like the way you can get your days off and check your contract details, everything is smooth and from the user experience point of view they make it easy and fun. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

Nothing to say here indeed, I have tried several solutions before and it's nice that you have everything on the same application and you don't need weird processes to get what you need Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having all my details and historical in one same place makes the things easier. I can login every time I need to see what I need so I am quite happy about it in the end Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Utilities
EU
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Oyster?

The team are proactive and responsive. It's not just a platform solution but a people solution. Whilst the UX and UI is seamless, I find the biggest value is what the team at Oyster bring in the partnership. The deep expertise and their network is hugely of value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

Unfortunately we cannot integrate with our current HRIS so it does mean using two platforms which can jar our EX and make things more complex for our People Leaders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

Oyster enables us to tap into international talent and manage these EX effectively whilst remaining compliant. We do not have international entities, payroll and HR expertise internally so Oyster enables us to scale more effectively with the right localised market knowledge and effective solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stefania L.
SL
Customer Support Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Oyster?

I love how everything is so easy to access. All my payslips, holiday requests, contracts in one platform. Extremely user friendly and their Help Center /Support service is amazing!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

The only thing I would like is to be able to bulk download documents, clicking one by one can make it time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

Oyster is allowing me to work remotely for my company anywhere in the world with an easy transition and communication in terms of tax payments, working hours etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
AC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: In-app
What do you like best about Oyster?

It's helpful that there is very little interaction with people needed so this saves a lot of time without a need to spend too much time on just conversations with your team. It feels like it's a process that is being done in small snippets and not something that I would need to do for 2 days in a row without any pause. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

There is some lack of flexibility when it comes modifying contracts. For example changing salary along the way is not that comfortable as it seems once I add it, it can only be changed by your team. I also don't like that I need to wait for a few days to get a first draft of the contract. Some employees when they are joining they are yet not sure if they will want to join as there is a negotiation around the contract. So I think there is too much upfront work until we get to the first draft contract that could start the negotiation with the employee. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us to employ people in different geographies without a need to have local entitiers. Minimises administrative overhead. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bren K.
BK
Director of Talent, Equity, and Culture
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Oyster?

Oyster has been really responsive to questions coming from me and the staff. If someone is directly helping me with an issue and they go out on leave, the issue is handed over seamlessly to a different colleague. The hiring process is fairly smooth and the platform is easy to use. They also provide a nonprofit discount which is very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

Oyster can be fairly risk-averse about some positions so we have had to work with another EOR to hire for these (e.g. attorneys, which no one told me in the initial research phase despite having the word "Law" in the title of my organization). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

Oyster provides us with the ability to hire employees who are living and working from countries outside of those that we are incorporated in. As we work to expand our global hiring, this has been instrumental in providing us with legal pathways to do so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Trina H.
TH
HR Specialist
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
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What do you like best about Oyster?

Exceptional and efficiently fast customer service! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

Ability to see a comprehensive review of benefits offered to an employee. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

Oyster is allowing us, as a small U.S.-based business, to hire internationally when we have no experience doing so. They offer clear explanations and ensure we understand what's going on during the process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AN
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: In-app
What do you like best about Oyster?

Overall the best thing was that Oyster provided with a clear and detailed documentation highlighting all the important work functions. Furthermore, the attachment of drafts of certain documents such as payslips was very helpful in understanding what to expect and how your net income will look after taxes in a foreign country.

Overall a happy experience and fast response by oyster's reps in all my inquiries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oyster?

Nothing, everything was okay. I do not have any particular request. Maybe some legal explanation when it comes to the change of the employment from one employer to another should be useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oyster solving and how is that benefiting you?

In my case it has to do with multi-country payroll since I am based in Spain and my employer is a Canadian company. Oyster's solutions help coordinate our payslips and the general provision of HR support between different countries and jurisdictions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.